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33 as it is written:

“Behold, I am laying in Zion
    a stone that will make people stumble
    and a rock that will cause them to fall.
But the one who trusts in him
    will never be put to shame.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:33 This verse uses a combination of two texts from Isaiah that was apparently in common use by the early Christians to defend Christ’s Messiahship (see 1 Pet 2:4, 6-8; see also Ps 118:22; Lk 20:17f).

33 As it is written:

“See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall,
    and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16